East Longmeadow police: Investigators seize 8 lbs of marijuana mailed from California to customer at UPS store on North Main Street

EAST LONGMEADOW – Police, working with state police and postal authorities, seized 8 pounds of marijuana from the UPS Store on North Main Street Tuesday afternoon.

The package, which had been mailed to the 444 North Main St. store from California, was seized about 2:30 p.m. as a suspect arrived to pick it up, Sgt. Patrick Manley said.

Somewhere along the way, postal authorities grew suspicious of the package and a state police K-9 indicated that it may contain marijuana, Manley said. The package measures about 20 inches by 20 inches by a foot

Police did not arrest the suspect, in part because they were not certain at the time that the package contained marijuana. Manley said, however, police will likely seek warrants for one or two suspects in the case.